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Tudo o Que Sempre Quis Saber sobre a Batata-doce – Volume 5

Este manual contém “Tudo o que sempre quis saber sobre a batata-doce”. Esperamos que o manual seja útil para os que estão envolvidos na capacitação de extensionistas e pessoal de ONGs a diferentes níveis, e que estes por sua vez irão capacitar produtores duma maneira prática que os ajuda a construir as …

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Training Manual on Marketing and Product Development for Extension Workers

  This is a marketing and products development training manual sweetpotato extension workers. It starts with marketing mix specifically the 5P’s and how they connect, farming as business is highlighted as key aspect for farmers to exercise farming with revenue/returns. Postharvest handling is mentioned for proper produce management and concludes …

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Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir à propos de la patate douce – Volume 5

Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir à propos de la patate douce. Manuel de FDF pour le projet Atteindre les Agents du Changement. Thème 8: Récolte et Gestion Post-Récolte. Les dommages physiques causés au cours de la récolte et du transport peuvent réduire la durée de conservation et la …

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Vyote Unavyopaswa Kujua Kuhusu Viazi Vitamu – Juzuu ya 5

Vyote Unavyopaswa Kujua Kuhusu Viazi Vitamu Kitabu cha mafunzo kwa wakufunzi cha mradi wa kuwafikia wadau wa Mabadiliko. Juzuu ya 5. Mada ya 8: Usimamizi wakati wa mavuno na baada ya mavuno. Uharibifu unaosababishwa wakati wa mavuno na usafirishaji unaweza kupunguza uwezo wa kukaa muda mrefu bila kuharibika na thamani ya viazi …

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Scaling up of marketing, processing and utilization of vitamin A-rich sweetpotato varieties Proceedings of CoP meeting held in Qaribu, Inn Nairobi 20-21 May 2015

The Marketing, Processing and Utilization Community of Practice (CoP) met on 20 and 21 May 2015 in Qaribu Inn in Nairobi, to discuss how to scale up marketing, processing and utilization of vitamin-A rich sweetpotato varieties. The CoP brings together professionals working on all levels of the sweetpotato value chain, …

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sweetpotato TOT Manual – Volume 5

This manual contains ‘Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato’. We hope that it will be useful for those involved in training extensionists and NGO staff at different levels, and that they in turn will train farmers in practical ways that help them to build their problem solving and …

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SPHI Brief 2015: Viable Sweetpotato Technologies in Africa (VISTA) Mozambique project

 The Viable Sweetpotato Technology in Africa (VISTA) is a three-year project which began in October 2014 and aims to contribute to improved nutrition, food security and incomes among smallholder farming families through increased production and better utilization of nutritious OFSP varieties, especially by those most at risk of VAD: children …

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Scaling Up Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN) in Mozambique

SUSTAIN is a 5-year partnership (2013-2018), coordinated by CIP and financed by the UK Department for International Development, to scale up the nutrition benefits of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP). The goal is to reach 1.2 million households with under-5 year old children in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Rwanda. SUSTAIN supports …

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Presentation: With orange-fleshed sweetpotato, CRS and partners are improving the living conditions of vulnerable populations

Catholic Relief services (CRS) was established in 1960 in Rwanda. A key objective was to introduce and support various initiatives aimed at improving food security and nutrition and reducing poverty among vulnerable rural poor. This presentation documents CRS integrated approach combining interventions related to agriculture, nutrition, hygiene and sanitation, and economic …

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